1ZRUN(1)                                                                ZRUN(1)
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NAME

6       zrun - automatically uncompress arguments to command
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SYNOPSIS

9       zrun command file.gz [...]
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DESCRIPTION

12       Prefixing a shell command with "zrun" causes any compressed files that
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14       files (not pipes) and the uncompressed files fed to the command.
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16       This is a quick way to run a command that does not itself support
17       compressed files, without manually uncompressing the files.
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19       The following compression types are supported: gz bz2 Z xz lzma lzo
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21       If zrun is linked to some name beginning with z, like zprog, and the
22       link is executed, this is equivalent to executing "zrun prog".
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BUGS

25       Modifications to the uncompressed temporary file are not fed back into
26       the input file, so using this as a quick way to make an editor support
27       compressed files won't work.
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AUTHOR

30       Copyright 2006 by Chung-chieh Shan <ccshan@post.harvard.edu>
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